Word: wanes
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Sobriety. About 1800 the carnival spirit dwindled sharply, and the age of scientific sobriety began. An extension of the enema principle came in 1895 with the invention of colonic irrigation by Professor Ismar of Berlin-a controversial treatment which Historian Lieberman dismisses as very rarely necessary and "on the wane at the present time...
...took up with the shapely, silk-skinned movie standin, Toshiko, and made her his mistress. Nizaemon's adoring public could bear up under that. But when the Great Lover married his hussy and began uxoriously washing diapers and doing kitchen chores to please her, his prestige began to wane. Only his relatives and most ardent disciples, paying their ritual calls on the 1st and 15th of each month, remained faithful...
...Upon my return to the States I wondered if my interest would wane. After three months of civilian life I can say that it hasn't one bit. TIME is part of my life...
...convinced Communism on the Russian model is not expressive of the Czech people. ... It is likely to wane rather than wax unless directly or indirectly assisted by force and chicane. . . . The Czechs do not want a totalitarian state...
...third week in office, President Truman no longer worked under the concentrated light which had shone on him for a fortnight. Some of the nation's floodlights had shifted to San Francisco. Besides, the novelty of having a new President had begun to wane. The shakedown cruise was over, and Harry Truman, no longer able to rely on the doctrine of "carrying on," now had to do a little steering on his own account...